It is 0345 as I begin writing this… I woke up just a short while ago with someone on my mind. That someone is my son, Jacob Logan.
Fourteen years ago today Jake entered my life and he has been nothing but a pure joy ever since. I have had the opportunity to work with many teenagers over the years. Teens that had taken the high road in Life, and those that had taken the low road. I can say, without any fear of bias, that my son is the finest example of a young man that I have ever had the privilege to know. Yes, that is a hell of a statement to make but I stand by it.
There were a few years there when we were separated due to a bitter divorce however those days are now gone forever. Since June 2007, Jake lives where he belongs – here in ‘The Pasture’ with his father, The Bull. Since his arrival in Mobile, Jake has taken on the rolls of eldest son to Lady Beth and as big brother to our younger children, Sarah and the twins, Jack & Anthony. He has shown his abilities as a superior student with a knack for making friends everywhere he goes. Jake is also the rarest of kids in that he has never once complained about any chore assigned to him. His abilities at the shooting range and his attention to safety led me to present him with his first rifle, (a Ruger 10/22 carbine), on his last birthday as seen in the photo above. (I only pray that he doesn’t expect the same on every birthday! 
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I could write until dawn of my admiration for my son, but you get the picture.
Here’s to you, Jake. HAPPY 14th BIRTHDAY!
Dad, out! 
